Parcel-post mailing case



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June 22 1926.

I 1,589,690 G. HERKEN ET AL PARCEL POST MAILING CASE Filed Sept. 28, 1925 1:19, 4 10 4 J 1 ram j'wyeniioq (iHerKen H'. Lhfierken.

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Patented June 22, 1926.

UNITED. STATES P "i 1,589,69e ENT,owe-

GEORGE HERKEN AND HARVEY L. HERKEN, LA cnossmflwisoonsm. 1

rARcEL rosr MAILING case, 1

Application filed September This invention relates to a'receptacle-intended to hold clothes to be sent tothe laundryand returned in the same receptacle. One object of the invention is to so construct the cover of the receptacle that an address card may be associated therewith for display through a sight opening andsecure- 1y but releasably held in place. V

Another object of the inventionis to so mount the address=cardwthat. there will be no danger of its accidentallyslipping out of place but at the same time permit of'its being; easily removed when it is desired to reverseit so that the address upon its other face will be displayed through the sight opening. I

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein- Figure 1 is a view showing the improved receptacle or casein side elevation;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the case taken on the line 2-2of Fig. 1;

Fig. 8 is a transverse sectional view through the case taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of the address card looking at one face thereof.

The case forming the subject-matter of this invention is in the form of a box which includes a receptacle or body portion 1 and a cover 2. The box is preferably oblong, but it will be understood that it may be of any shape desired. In the present illustration, the cover telescopes onto the receptacle and is secured by straps 3 which extend about the receptacle and are fastened, as shown in Fig. 1. A handle 4 has also been provided so that the case may be easily carried from one place to another. A sight opening 5 is formed in the, cover 2 and is closed by a transparent sheet 6 held against the inner face of the cover by a backing sheet 7 which may be formed of the same kind of material from which the cover is made or of any other suitable material and is disposed in covering relation to the sight opening and transparent sheet 6 and secured by fasteners 8 which extend through the backing sheet and cover and also through spacing strips 9 disposed along the sides of the sight opening and across one end thereof. It will, therefore, be seen that the backing sheet together with the strips 9 form a pocket of slightly greater length and width than the sight opening and open at one end so that delay.

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the, address card 10 may be. passed into the pocket througlrits open end. The address card is somewhat longer than the pocket and has oneend -portion extending font of the pocket 'Whenthe card. is in place, this ex tended .endportio'n being-stormed with an opening 11 to receive a snap fastener stud 12 which projects inwardly from the top wall of the cover, as shown in Fig. 2. It will be readilyunderstood that, when the stud 12 is disposed in "theopeningwll',the address card When this receptacle is in use, the clothes to be washed are packed in the body or re ceptacle l of the case and the address card put in place with its face exposed through the sight opening having the name of the sender after the From mark shown in Fig. 4 and the name of the laundry to which the package is to be sent after the To mark.

The socket is sna ped into engagement with the stud and since the stud extends through the opening 11 of the address card there will be no danger of the card slipping out of the pocket when the receptacle is sent through the mail. If the address card slips out of place, it is necessary for the postal inspectors to open the package and replace the card. This requires the time and services of the postal employees and also causes After the clothes have been laundered, they are replaced in the original package and the employee in the shipping department of the laundry releases the tab from engagement with the stud and after withdrawing the address card from the pocket reverses it and replaces it with the opposite face of the card exposed through the sight opening. This face of the card has the name of the laundry after the From mark and the name of the person to whom the laundry is to be sent after the To mark. It will, therefore,be seen that the same address card may be used a great many times and that when in place it will be securely held and prevented from accidentally slipping out of the pocket. While it is stated that the case is to be used for sending clothes to a laundry and for returning them, it will be understood that other articles could be packed in the receptacle and also that any recepta le having ,a cover or wall formed with a sight opening could have the improved address :Qal'd h ld ng means associated with its sight opening.

Having thus descrizhed the invention, we claim:

1. In combination with a receptacle hawing .a waisl formed with a sight opening, a btlCEkllHg"Sh8li disposed in covering relation to said sight opening and overlapping the inner itace ort'said wall along the sides and one end of the sight opening, spacing strips between the face of said Wall and the said overlapping portions [of said backing sheet and together with the :backing sheet forming :a pocketopen at one end, a fastener element carried thy said receptacle in spaced relation .tOJthB open end of said. pocket, an ad'dness tea-rd remova-hly titted. into said pocket for display through said sight open-V ing and of greater iengtah the hacking sheet to provide an end portion projecting from the open end of the pocket, the extended :end pontion of said card being normed with an opening to receive said fastener, and a tab extending fnom said lbacking sheet at the open end of the gIDOCkOt and releasably engaged with said fastener to retain .said card in engagement with the said wall along the sides and one end of said sight, opening, a backing sheet disposed in covening relation to said sight opening and seeuned against said strips and forming a pocket open at one end, a fastener stud extending from the inner face of said wall in spaced relation to the open end of said pocket, an address card of greater length than said hacking strip passed into said pocket through the open end thereof and having one end portion extended outwardly and iEo-rmed with an opening to receive said stud, and a tab extending from said backing sheet, and a socket carried by said tab and adaoted to he releasatbly engaged with said stu :-to retain said tab and card in engagement with the stud.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signzr titres.

GEORGE HERKEN. [In s.] HARVEY L. HER-KEN. [11.5.] 

